Archive for the ‘Editorials’ Category

Missing “Stewie Head” From UCF Basketball Games Returned to Athletics Marketing Team

Anyone familiar with the Family Guy cartoon series is well aware that Brian and Stewie often go missing for days on end, only this Brian was not the one Stewie usually goes home with. Enter Brian Tewes, who happened to be granted the special privilege of flaunting the inaugural Stewie head in the student...
January 26th, 2012 | Basketball, COMMENTARY, Editorials, Sports | Read More

Republicans Shine in First Tea Party Debate

COMMENTARY Eight Republican Presidential Candidates met in Tampa, FL last night in what became a very heated debate. For the eight contenders, this was sure to be a debate filled with fireworks, and it was. For the CNN Tea Party Debate (second debate in less than a week), this was expected to be a...
September 14th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, Editorials, Politics | Read More

Editorial: How to Deal with Drinking on the UCF Campus

It still is unclear whether alcohol contributed to UCF freshman Ann Hefferin’s death, or even had anything to do it with it, but one thing is for certain — alcohol abuse on UCF’s campus has become a major issue everyone needs to face. When I first got into journalism, I was excited...
September 5th, 2011 | Crime, Editorials, Safety, UCF Administration, UCF Greek Life | Read More

President Obama’s Speech on the Middle East Goes too Far

Editorial On Thursday, President Obama gave what was dubbed a “major” speech on the Middle East. However, the big focus towards the second half of the speech was the peace situation between Israel and the Palestinians. Some pundits are calling the speech a “major change” in U.S. policy. I am...
May 20th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, COMMENTARY, Editorials | Read More

Huckabee’s Announcement, In and Win for Presidential Race 2012?

Editorial The race for the White House in 2012 has begun. With a few questions left to answer, I think the biggest one is Mike Huckabee and it looks like that answer will be made shortly before 9 p.m. tonight. Former Governor Mike Huckabee is someone we need to run for president, especially against...
May 14th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, COMMENTARY, Editorials, Politics | Read More

Newt Gingrich Announces Presidential Run via Twitter, See Video

Editorial The other day, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had announced that he will be seeking the Presidency of the United States. Speaker Gingrich is one of the people credited with the 1994 Republican Revolution, announced his decision to seek the Republican Nomination via his official Twitter...
May 13th, 2011 | COMMENTARY, Editorials, News | Read More

Rubio and Hasner: A Match Made in Florida

Editorial Last year, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, (R-FL), made headlines when his poll numbers soared in the GOP Primary against then Governor Charlie Crist. He later went on to win the General Election against the Republican Governor, who made a controversial switch to no party affiliation. Rubio, a Tea...
May 11th, 2011 | Beyond UCF, COMMENTARY, Editorials, Politics | Read More

UCF Administration Owes Mike Kilbride an Apology for Failing Him, SGA

A KnightNews.com Editorial Mike Kilbride will likely go down as the most controversial Student Government Association president in UCF history. But as shocking as this may sound, we at KnightNews.com don’t believe that reputation is entirely Kilbride’s fault. And as history judges Kilbride’s...
May 9th, 2011 | Editorials, Politics, Tuition, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More

UCF’s Free Speech Policies Under ‘FIRE’; Watchdog Group to Address Students

Watch live streaming video from knightnews at livestream.com A revolution for student rights on campus has sprung up the same week as the SGA Presidential Election — and KnightNews.com is bringing in team coverage over the next three days to extensively cover both these important issues. At 7...
March 28th, 2011 | Editorials, UCF Administration, UCF Greek Life, UCF SGA | Read More

KnightNews.com Endorses Gurney and Gonzales, Expect More from UCF SGA

Here at KnightNews.com, we thought long and hard as to whether or not we would endorse a candidate in the SGA Presidential Election this year. It’s a tough decision to make – everyone running is a great leader, and they all deserve a great deal of respect. They’ve worked hard in their respective...
March 28th, 2011 | Editorials, Tuition, UCF Administration, UCF SGA | Read More
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